It was a methodical weekend for the Diamond Energy Female Midget AAA Wildcats, who swept the visiting last-place Weyburn Gold Wings at Fairview West.

Swift Current cruised to 6-1 and 6-0 wins to close the regular season in rhythm.

For the most part, the Wildcats were in total control of the outcome over the weekend.

"I thought other than the middle ten minutes of the first period today, we were obviously the better team," said Wildcats head coach Terry Pavely. "They really outworked us - we were up 6-0 in shots in that first period, then all of a sudden we looked up and it was 9-6 for them."

A bit of a lull in pace and focus isn't out of the ordinary against a Weyburn team who is a combined 1-81-0-2 over the past three seasons.

"It's hard - the last games of the year against a team that's struggled for three years," Pavely noted. "As coaches, we want them to play hard for 60 minutes but, you see it in the NHL and WHL, teams take other teams for granted at times."

Taylor Lind had a team-high five goals, and Sara Kendall added three. Tobi Fontaine, Brooklyn Rublee, Ashlee Wolfe, and Carissa Hogan all added single for the Wildcats in the balanced weekend.

Harper Davey logged both starts in net for Swift Current, rounding out the regular season with her first shutout of the year.

"Any time a goalie gets a shutout, that's a testament to them," said Pavely. "There weren't a ton of high-end chances, but you've got to stop all the shots - she made two or three really good saves. We'll have to see where we go in playoffs, but you want to see both kids be ready... Really happy, I thought she was good both games this weekend."

The Wildcats needed all three points from Sunday's game to leapfrog the Prince Albert Northern Bears and lock up third place in the SFMAAAHL standings.

Upon doing that, Swift Current (15-10-2-1) has secured a first-round matchup with the sixth-place Battlefords Sharks (7-13-4-4) - a team they've already played four times in 2019.

"It's not going to be easy, they're a hard-working team, they've got good goaltending," Pavely explained. "But, we like that matchup - not that it's going to be easy, but we think our skill is a little deeper than theirs. They skate well and work hard, but we think if we play to our potential, that's a team that we can have success against."

Shifting focus back to that Prince Albert team, who finished with a 13-9-4-2 record, the turning point of the Wildcats' season came after a lop-sided road loss to the Northern Bears back on November 25.

"That was our message in the room after today - (when) we lost in P.A. 9-1, the effort wasn't there, and we weren't very good at all," said Pavely. "We've gone 12-4 from that point on this year."

"That's where we needed to get to. We needed to be a team that became relevant. That night, we didn't know if we're going to be relevant at all, and we did a good job of changing the direction of where we were going - the ship was sinking fast, and now we're in a pretty good spot. Pretty good testament to our players to right the ship after that game. That's what we're going to hopefully build on going into playoffs."

The momentum will have to wait to build any further though. The SFMAAAHL will have a lengthy break before playoffs to allow for a heavy dose of talent from the league to represent Saskatchewan at the Canada Winter Games in Red Deer.

The women's hockey schedule runs February 24 - March 2.